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Reforms lower entry requirements for work visas according to professional qualifications, age and language skills.

The German parliament has approved immigration reforms designed to attract skilled workers to the country, which is suffering from an unprecedented labor shortage.

The legislation – initiated by the governing centre-left coalition of the Social Democrats, the liberal Free Democrats and the Greens – on Friday garnered 388 votes while 234 lawmakers voted against it and 31 abstained.

A conservative parliamentary bloc made up of the Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, voted against the legislation, arguing that it

A lawyer is accusing the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation of trying to delay and ultimately quash a sexual harassment lawsuit by attempting to move the proceedings from Newfoundland and Labrador to Quebec.

Kathryn Marshall, with the Toronto law firm Levitt Sheikh, argued in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court Tuesday that the alleged misconduct took place in Newfoundland and Labrador, so the case should be heard there. Marshall represents Cherry Smiley, who alleges she was sexually harassed by former Northwest Territories premier Stephen Kakfwi in St. John’s, NL, in 2018.

Kakfwi was Smiley’s appointed mentor through a scholarship program offered by

New rules prohibiting wage-fixing and no-poaching agreements kick in Friday in an effort to crack down on companies undermining competition at employees’ expense.

Here is what employers and employees need to know about the new rules:

What is the new law?

As of June 23, it is a criminal offense for two or more employers to form deals that fix, maintain, decrease or control wages. The same goes for agreements that prevent companies from hiring or soliciting each other’s employees.

It comes after the federal government made amendments to the Competition Act’s conspiracy provision in June 2022 as part of

LOS ANGELES — A lawyer representing attorney John Eastman, the architect of a legal strategy aimed at keeping former President Donald Trump in power after the 2020 election, spotlighted Wednesday legal debates surrounding the tallying electoral votes in a defense of Eastman’s advice to the former president that could get him disbarred.

Eastman, a former law school dean, is facing 11 disciplinary charges in the State Bar Court of California stemming from his development of a dubious legal strategy aimed at having then-Vice President Mike Pence interfere with the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory.

Prosecutors have depicted Eastman as

Primary elections take place across New York Tuesday. In Broome County, that includes the race for district attorneys. Vestal voters will also see candidates for town boards and town supervisors on the ballot.

Polls are open from 6 am to 9 pm in the Southern Tier.

Here’s what you need to know for the 2023 primary elections.

Am I eligible to vote in New York?

Voters registered with a party may vote to nominate that party’s candidate in a primary election.

Here are the qualifications to vote in New York:

• You must be a US citizen;

• Be 18 or older;

The City of Surrey’s Statement of Financial Information for 2022 indicates $316,663.50 was paid by taxpayers to Peck and Company Barristers, the law firm that successfully defended former Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum against a charge of public mischief in Surrey provincial court last year.

You’ll find the line on page 110 of a 121-page corporate report by Surrey’ general manager of finance Kam Grewal that came before council for consideration on June 19, under Schedule of Payments for Provision of Goods and/or Services.

Leading up to McCallum’s trial, which got underway on Oct. 31, 2022, numerous residents and some rival